United states the highest death toll in the world what does that mean for the president ial election that just weeks away. And racing against time in tasmania australia rescuers are trying to save scores of pilot whales after they become marooned in Shallow Waters. Im guy raz its and welcome to the show the United Nations General Assembly has been holding its annual debate as the world body marks 75 years since its founding but far from delivering a unifying message on the anniversary u. S. President donald trump repeatedly lashed out at china this in a new format for the assembly because of the coronavirus pandemic and it was the 1st time World Leaders a didnt gather in new york but instead addressed the forum via video. Facemask some tight security at u. N. Headquarters even though the most. Wish guests joined by video link a precaution to avoid worsening the coronavirus pandemic that has already killed almost 1000000 people worldwide. To a half empty hall of socially distance u. N.
Dawns. Back in march Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed a coup which unto body chess as a game changer in the battle against a deadly virus millions of tests were purchased and subsequently found to be totally useless even no approved antibody tests are not to be able to the general population unless they buy their own private yet another game changer in the testing regime was to be the Contact Tracing out launched by english hung called amid great fun fare as a trial in the isle of wight in me it was subsequently abundant in june and now a new up has been launched on the same island and the london borough of new and criticism still continues on the results of the present manual system in england with the guardian reporting last week that the trysting results were being cut by delays and home test failures meanwhile the Scottish Press last week was full of stories of anxious people seeking a local test and instead being referred to Testing Centers in england or Northern Ireland so why
Keeping on stonily Huge Population and rising Living Standards a high level of peace for law and order a vast capability to address Health Energy Environmental Issues officially who knows says louise we have all that will lead to jacqueline says unemployment over covered as a killer really says a good interview allowing comments and opinions to be expressed and yvonne writing from the comfort of a kenyan house appreciates the global issues tackled in the show john farben says they speak about america dont deserve to be leaders of the free world they gave up that right years ago in english says americas imploding trump was the beginning of the end for them and patricia says not just america the whole world will never be the same again this is just the beginning. They have a strong takes exactly the opposite point if she sticks up for the American Press that dont belong say the 1st street trump has made every politician look like a comp. It is he created 3000000 jobs in june in the middl
Fellow, a prestigious position. He has been using items to investigate the origins of the militaryindustrial complex through wartime and immediate postwar, meaning postworld war ii, evolution between Scientific Research, industry and National Defense. Advised congress on defense issues. I was a colleague of his at crs for several years, he did things in connection with things i knew, a whole range of things, defense production act, appropriations, and he does many more things at crs. Degree in Political Science from George Washington university, and as many of you know, he is the author of numerous reports on defense, trade and security. This project is the latest example of the work undertaken by staff fellows showcasing their knowledge and passion of their areas of expertise. Gift left byd by a the late john w kluge. Nearly 100 scholars passed through the center each year. It is our honor to have dan with us the bulk of the last year. Please join me in welcoming dan. [applause] danie
More Domestic Travel to a little more overseas travel now. Theaad lets get to markets and have a look at what is going on. Nikkei, in with the leading japanese shares, just seeing stocks drifting to the upside. We did see jobless numbers come out. Slightly better than expected, looking for a 3 jobless rate, but 2. 9 . Looking elsewhere, retail sales out of hong kong, looking also at the futures for the u. S. , pretty much flat. Asian equities drifting slightly to the upside. Looking at the shanghai composite, lets look at how the gpi is behaving as well. Just about flat. The shanghai comp, 0. 2 lower. Chinese Economic Activity continued to rebound. Expansion in manufacturing activity, just slowing slightly there. A Rate Decision out of australia later on. Expecting the rba to keep rates. And the singapore market 0. 6 lower. Quick check on the currency is, weve got a fifth straight monthly drop for the dollar. Bloomberg dollar index down by 0. 25 . The yen, a tad weaker. Euro currently